scholarly journals E-LearningFacultyModules.org

2018 ◽  
pp. 1066-1089
Author(s):  
Roger McHaney ◽  
Lynda Spire ◽  
Rosemary Boggs
Keyword(s):  
Implementation Process ◽  
State University ◽  
Online Faculty ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Remote Collaboration ◽  
Online Faculty Development ◽  
Wiki Technology ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Kansas State University ◽  
Distance Learning Program

A team at Kansas State University recently launched the E-Learning Faculty Modules wiki to enhance and support online faculty development. This project is customized for teaching in the Kansas State University distance-learning program but contains a broad set of information that might be useful to others. This site is constructed using wiki technology, which permits access, multimedia expressiveness, remote collaboration, tracking, and reversibility of postings. Other tools on the site are derived from MediaWiki and its open-source capabilities. The wiki includes an overall ontology, templates, categories, completed and seeded entries, input boxes, and menus that ensure users can easily use and join the community. Taken holistically, these attributes create an ideal venue for sharing ideas and encouraging synergistic improvement of teaching practices. This chapter describes the implementation process of E-LearningFacultyModules.org and gives insight into its purpose, features, and uses.

scholarly journals E-LearningFacultyModules.org

2014 ◽  
pp. 103-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger McHaney ◽  
Lynda Spire ◽  
Rosemary Boggs
Keyword(s):  
Implementation Process ◽  
State University ◽  
Online Faculty ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Remote Collaboration ◽  
Online Faculty Development ◽  
Wiki Technology ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Kansas State University ◽  
Distance Learning Program

A team at Kansas State University recently launched the E-Learning Faculty Modules wiki to enhance and support online faculty development. This project is customized for teaching in the Kansas State University distance-learning program but contains a broad set of information that might be useful to others. This site is constructed using wiki technology, which permits access, multimedia expressiveness, remote collaboration, tracking, and reversibility of postings. Other tools on the site are derived from MediaWiki and its open-source capabilities. The wiki includes an overall ontology, templates, categories, completed and seeded entries, input boxes, and menus that ensure users can easily use and join the community. Taken holistically, these attributes create an ideal venue for sharing ideas and encouraging synergistic improvement of teaching practices. This chapter describes the implementation process of E-LearningFacultyModules.org and gives insight into its purpose, features, and uses.

ELATEwiki

2013 ◽  
pp. 929-951
Author(s):  
Shalin Hai-Jew ◽  
Roger McHaney
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Community ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
State University ◽  
Remote Collaboration ◽  
Wiki Technology ◽  
Information Problem Solving ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Kansas State University ◽  
Technological Affordances ◽  
Small Team

A small team at Kansas State University worked to plan, create and launch an e-learning wiki to support faculty in their work. The advantages of the wiki technology—with its technological affordances of wide access and dissemination, digital content archival, multimedia expressiveness, remote collaboration, subscribability, and the reversibility of postings –appealed to this team. Even initially, there seemed to be opportunities for building novice and professional capacities in e-learning through the co-creation and sharing of information, problem-solving, and virtual community building. This chapter describes the research literature and pedagogical theories on wikis. It addresses the team’s efforts in exploring and then building the wiki site. Additionally, this explains the team’s rationales in terms of the intellectual property policies, the work to create accessibility, the wiki’s fortuitous naming, the seeding of the wiki with contents, its low-key branding strategy, and the publicity plan for a “hard launch” of the ELATEwiki to the Wikisphere. This also describes the datamining techniques used to track use of the site and how those affect the site’s continuing evolution. Finally, this chapter will provide perspectives on the work of a wiki-master in a peer-to-peer, collaborative, and open wiki.

ELATEwiki

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger W. McHaney ◽  
Shalin Hai-Jew
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Community ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
State University ◽  
Remote Collaboration ◽  
Wiki Technology ◽  
Information Problem Solving ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Kansas State University ◽  
Technological Affordances ◽  
Small Team

A small team at Kansas State University worked to plan, create and launch an e-learning wiki to support faculty in their work. The advantages of the wiki technology—with its technological affordances of wide access and dissemination, digital content archival, multimedia expressiveness, remote collaboration, subscribability, and the reversibility of postings –appealed to this team. Even initially, there seemed to be opportunities for building novice and professional capacities in e-learning through the co-creation and sharing of information, problem-solving, and virtual community building. This chapter describes the research literature and pedagogical theories on wikis. It addresses the team’s efforts in exploring and then building the wiki site. Additionally, this explains the team’s rationales in terms of the intellectual property policies, the work to create accessibility, the wiki’s fortuitous naming, the seeding of the wiki with contents, its low-key branding strategy, and the publicity plan for a “hard launch” of the ELATEwiki to the Wikisphere. This also describes the datamining techniques used to track use of the site and how those affect the site’s continuing evolution. Finally, this chapter will provide perspectives on the work of a wiki-master in a peer-to-peer, collaborative, and open wiki.

scholarly journals Exploring Open Distance Learning at a Jordanian University: A Case Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalil M. Dirani ◽  
Seung Won Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Adverse Conditions ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Distance Learning Program

This case study explores an open distance learning program offered by the Information Technology and Computing (ITC) department at AOUJ, a major university in Jordan. It provides an overview of e-learning in the Arab region and explores factors that affect ODL quality in the Arab Open University in Jordan (AOUJ). The research utilized a qualitative approach, which included five lengthy semi-structured interviews with the program director, two instructors, and three students. Three important conclusions can be drawn from the study about e-learning in the Arab region: (1) the existence of adverse conditions, (2) the presence of strong instructional practices, and (3) the need to improve administrative support.

scholarly journals Implementation of a distance learning program focused on continuing medical education with the support of patent-based data mining

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-60
Author(s):  
Renato Ribeiro Nogueira Ferraz ◽  
Marcus Vinícius Cesso da Silva ◽  
Renan Antônio da Silva ◽  
Luc Quoniam
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Continuing Medical Education ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Content Type ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Chinese Patent ◽  
Distance Learning Program

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the use of a free code computational tool, Patent2net, in the search of patents for the implementation of distance learning aimed at Continuing Medical Education. Design/methodology/approach This technical report is based on the extraction, organization and availability, in the format of graphs and dynamic tables, and also based on information in other patents on the subject, made available in the Espacenet database. Findings As a result, it was possible to identify a Chinese patent, free for reproduction in Brazil, which describes an e-learning system that simulates 3D scenarios for training nursing teams. Research limitations/implications The paper has used one unique patent database, but containing more than 100m documents. Practical implications The selected patent can contribute to the improvement of care and behavioral techniques of the health professionals. Social implications The training of health professionals can improve the public and supplementary health systems. Originality/value This is the first paper in that de technometric analisys of patents was used to solve a problem regarding the training of health professionals.

The establishment of an e-learning program for the master of library science degree at Southern Connecticut State University – case analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Yu Chen Sche
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
The United States ◽  
Library Science ◽  
State University ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Professional Goals ◽  
Science Degree ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
E Learning

ALA-accredited programs for Master of Library and Information Studies, are offered only in 63 of the total 3000 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The professional goals and objectives of the current 2008 Accreditation Standards are highlighted and applied to both traditional on-campus and the newly created eLearning courses for the MLS/MLIS programs. Factors for establishing the MLS eLearning program at SCSU and the methods for quality control and assessment of the MLS online courses are explained.

scholarly journals Analysis of existing gender differences in the effect of using the Virtual Campus platform of the Politehnica University of Timisoara

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 03011
Author(s):  
Camelia Ciuclea ◽  
Andrei Ternauciuc
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
Virtual Campus ◽  
First Semester ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Distance Learning Program

Admitting the increasing interest for education delivered by the means of technology is relevant if we consider all the aspects, including features related to gender. Several studies point out that women and men differ in their way of interacting with technology, ICT being traditionally associated with men [1]. In the context of blended learning settings, there are several existing gender differences, which means a statistical analysis focused on differences between men and women users of the Virtual Campus platform is needed. The main objective of this study is to provide evidence of significant gender differences in the effect of using certain platform tools by both genders. A subsequent objective is to test if the efficiency of both manners of working with e-learning tools eventually converge around similar results (in case the results point to scarce differences). The research was conducted by looking at the final number of students following the Distance Learning program run by the eLearning Center at UPT, during the first semester of the academic year 2017-2018. Distance learning students enrolled at Politehnica University Timisoara are mostly digital natives, consumers of technology in order to support the teaching and learning processes. The aim of this paper is to analyze the gender differences in using the platform, based on the students’ online activity statistics from Moodle and all the resulting data.

Enhancing Instruction and Reducing Costs: Chico State University’s Approach to Course Redesign

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-288
Author(s):  
Josh Trout ◽  
Eddie Vela
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
California State University ◽  
Training Data ◽  
State University ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Instructional Efficiency ◽  
Course Redesign ◽  
E Learning ◽  
California State University Chico

In 2009, California State University-Chico implemented a unique system of course redesign with the aim of improving student learning, increasing instructional efficiency, and reducing university costs. Inspired by and modeled after the National Center for Academic Transformation, the “Academy e-Learning” program involves a 3-week training covering models of course design, learning theories, assessment methods, and a host of instructional technologies. This paper summarizes data from 40 courses, across five separate cohort groups from 2009–2013, with respect to the efficacy of Academy e-Learning (re)design training. Data show improvements in student learning outcomes in over half of the course redesigns. Benefits of course redesign included increased instructional efficiency, enhanced student learning, and a reduction in university costs by offering some instruction online and increasing enrollment caps. Barriers to a successful course redesign included lack of time, technology malfunction, and workload concerns. This paper outlines the redesign process at California State University-Chico, discusses similar redesign initiatives at other institutions, and offers solutions for measuring effectiveness of a redesigned course.

scholarly journals The reality of e-learning in the distance learning program in light of the emerging Corona pandemic "Covid-19" from the viewpoint of students in Jordan between theory and practice: واقع التعلم الإلكتروني في برنامج التعلم عن بعد في ظل جائحة كورونا المستجد "كوفيد 19" من وجهة نظر الطلبة في الأردن بين النظرية والتطبيق

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (44) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal Saleh Freah Aljarrah
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Distance Learning Program

The aim of this research is to identify the reality of e-learning in the distance learning program in light of the emerging Corona pandemic "Covid 19" from the viewpoint of students in Jordan between theory and practice. To achieve the goal of the study, the researcher prepared an electronic questionnaire that included (20) items distributed to the research sample electronically. It was confirmed its sincerity and consistency, and it was applied to a random sample from the study community consisting of (1200) students, and the descriptive analytical method was used. An analytical descriptive approach was used, The study concluded the following results: The importance of using e-learning in distance learning programs, the extent of using e-learning in distance learning programs. There are difficulties preventing the use of e-learning in distance learning programs. There were no statistically significant differences at (05.0 ≤ α) between the responses of the sample members of students about the reality of e-learning in distance learning programs due to gender variables. In light of these results, the study recommended encouraging and educating students to take advantage of the e-learning technology in order to facilitate and improve educational learning practice under the current circumstances. And strengthening the positive trend towards employing e-learning technology and benefiting from Arab and international experiences and expertise in the field of employing e-learning technology in distance learning programs.

Empirical Investigation into Motives for Choosing Web-based Distance Learning Programs

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 76-90
Author(s):  
Mona Alkhattabi
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Distance Learning Program

Today, in association with rapid social and economic changes, there is an increasing level of demand for distance and online learning programs. This study will focus on identifying the main motivational factors for choosing a web-based distance-learning program. Moreover, it will investigate how these factors relate to age, gender, marital status and parenthood. The results are based on a questionnaire, which was conducted amongst students enrolled in the distance-learning programs provided by the E-learning and Distance Education Deanship at Al-Imam Mohammad bin Saud University during the autumn semester of 2013. In addition to their background characteristics, the survey aimed to determine students' motives for undertaking distance learning.

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